Arthur Breur is a composer & business owner in Portland, Oregon. He has been composing for more than three decades & received his degree in piano performance from Millikin University. He started his web design & development company in 2001 in Tampa, Florida, & has helped hundreds of customers plan, build, & maintain their online presence. Prior to starting his company, his experience included working as a senior graphpic designer in the PriceWaterhouseCoopers Visual Communications Department.

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Composer, entrepreneur, and web designer Arthur Breur discusses website must-haves and having an online presence.

Topics discussed in this episode:

• Being in the moment
• Mindfulness
• Announcing yourself as a composer to the Chamber of Commerce
• Deciding to be a composer
• You are what you do
• Valuing what you do
• Receiving money for the value you bring to the world
• Websites
• Communicating to your audience
• Website must-haves
• Online presence
• Websites ARE your marketing plan
• Audio/visual servers
• CMS (content management system) and Wordpress
• Email
• Domains
• Shopping carts

Website:

• www.arthurbreur.com
• www.firespike.com

Recommended Listening:

• John Williams, Star Wars
• John Williams, Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Recommended Reading:

• Steven Pressfield, The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles
• Daniel Coyle, The Talent Code: Greatness Isn't Born. It's Grown. Here's How.

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